150813-N-VH871-118 NAVAL BASE GUAM (Aug. 13, 2015) A torpedo recovery team consisting of Sailors assigned to the submarine tenders USS Emory S. Land (AS 39) and USS Frank Cable (AS 40) position a torpedo recovery cage to retrieve a test torpedo from the water as part of hands-on torpedo recovery training facilitated by Naval Undersea Warfare Center. Submarine tenders with the capability to recover torpedoes at sea provide combatant commanders greater flexibility in choosing locations for submarines to conduct test firings and hone this critical skill. Emory S. Land is a forward deployed e
150813-N-VH871-118 NAVAL BASE GUAM (Aug. 13, 2015) A torpedo recovery team consisting of Sailors assigned to the submarine tenders USS Emory S. Land (AS 39) and USS Frank Cable (AS 40) position a torpedo recovery cage to retrieve a test torpedo from the water as part of hands-on torpedo recovery training facilitated by Naval Undersea Warfare Center. Submarine tenders with the capability to recover torpedoes at sea provide combatant commanders greater flexibility in choosing locations for submarines to conduct test firings and hone this critical skill. Emory S. Land is a forward deployed expeditionary submarine tender on an extended deployment conducting coordinated tended moorings and afloat maintenance in the 5th and 7th Fleet areas of responsibility. ( Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Austin Ingram/Released)
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